Wagner James Au reports on virtual worlds, VR & Internet culture

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Cajsa's SL Flickr Pick: Pedro Elevates Avatar Screenshots Into Art

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

“World” brought my browsing to a dead stop. It is the world folded in on itself and it’s wonderful. Pedro’s photostreamis overflowing with striking and powerful photos. I love how there is symmetry and asymmetry. He’s centered, the folded “world” is balanced, but then there are the birds...

“Rainydale-Fairy Tale” is a beautiful composition. Pedro used the Rule of Thirds. The colors are blown out, the water and sand melding into each other. All the focus is on the avatar. It does have that otherworldly dreaminess of a fairy tale.

In “Photograph,” Pedro used radial blur focusing us right in the avatar. There is a blurred image walking away, is it another person or a shadow? It is equivocal, we don’t know. I love that.

Pedro’s photostream is a wonderful exploration of photography. He uses different techniques and experiments with his photos. He elevates the avatar photo into art.